RealNetworks, Film Industry Headed To Court

netbuzz writes "Apparently tired of waiting to be sued by the movie studios over its new DVD-to-PC copying software, RealNetworks this morning announced it will file a preemptive lawsuit in an attempt to authoritatively establish that the product does not infringe on copyright restrictions. Within an hour or so, the Motion Picture Association of America said it would have a litigation announcement of its own this afternoon."

Hey look at me

[Anonymous Coward]

RealNetworks is saying "Hey look at me everyone! Why doesn't anyone ever notice me?"

Appropriately tagged as entertainment

[dilvish_the_damned]

Because well, it just is. At least for me.

Real...buffering..Networks

[Hal_Porter]

vs the MPAA.

Nope, I give up. I can't decide which I want to lose.

Ah! Lawyers...

[Pig Hogger]

Ah! Lawyers...

Always trying to make trouble when there is none yet...

Real vs MPAA

[dkleinsc]

If we're really lucky, they both will spend exorbitant amounts of money litigating, and then the judge will award $1 to the plaintiff.

Re:Real...buffering..Networks

[AstrumPreliator]

It's like asking, "Would you rather be kicked in the nuts or punched in the face?"

Re:Real...buffering..Networks

[Mordok-DestroyerOfWo]

I'm actually rooting for Real...I've become everything I've ever hated!!!!!

With the eventual outcome

[oahazmatt]

Judge: This court finds in favor of the MPAA.
Real: But... we sued them!
Judge: Look, I understand you're a startup company...
Real: We've been around forever!
Judge: ---Really? Never heard of you. $10 million or 40,000 innocent souls to the MPAA, to be paid by Friday.

Tough reading

[InterruptDescriptorT]

I took at look at RealNetworks' filing, but it didn't elicit much useful information:

Plantiffs RealNetworks, Inc. (herein known as PlantiBUFFERING... 4%

Re:Ironic it will be, young padawan

[db32]

Whoa whoa whoa now. I think the lack of naked celeb-titties in other DVD copying software is pretty big missing feature. Don't act so smug when they clearly have the superior product. Seriously, what are you worried about with the spyware in this case? If it shows naked celeb-titties while ripping DVDs are you actually going to use that computer for anything other than ripping mass quantities of DVDs?

Re:Real...buffering..Networks

[Amouth]

you ever been kicked in the nuts? even by accident? i'll take a bat the face before i experience that again

Re:Real vs MPAA

[philspear]

If we're even luckier the judge, bored out of his mind, decides a deathmatch is the way to go. Two executive boards enter, part of one executive board leaves.

Re:Great!

[thrillseeker]

one day I hope to finish reading the manpage for it

You think this is funny?!!?

[Mateo_LeFou]

I bet you didn't know that, ahem ..

"The worldwide motion picture industry, including foreign and domestic producers,
distributors, theaters, video stores and pay-per-view operators lose more than $18 billion
annually as a result of movie theft. More than $7 billion in losses are attributed to illegal
Internet distributions, while $11 billion is the result of illegal copying and bootlegging."

http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/realdvd%20press%20release%209%2030%2008%20final.pdf [mpaa.org]

Re:Ironic it will be, young padawan

[Alzheimers]

The naked celeb-titties in question belong to Marlon Brando.

Re:Real vs MPAA

[compro01]

Why don't we follow the Roman method and crucify the surviver, a la Spartacus.

Whistle Innocently

[Anonymous Coward]

dd if=/dev/dvd of=/home/acoward/mydvd.iso

I'm just sayin'